Juan J. Linz papers, 1936-2010, bulk 1950-1989

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Series I: Personal



Box 1 Folder 1

Linz Family

Material related to Juan's parents.


Box 1 Folder 1 Documents (official and unofficial) related to the personal life of Pilar Storch de Gracia

e.g. school records, records of lectures given, death certificate


Box 1 Folder 1 Correspondence between Pilar Storch de Gracia and Don Ramón Menéndez Pidal


Box 1 Folder 1 Documents from the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, 1936

Documents from the moment, mostly related to belongings left in the house at El Pardo, and preparations for move to Germany. (Pilar, Juan and three cats went from El Pardo to Madrid by car; Madrid to Alicante by train; Alicante to Hamburg by boat; Hamburg to Berlin by train)


Box 1 Folder 1 Correspondence of Pilar with Cardinal Von Preysing and lnfanta Paz


Box 1 Folder 1 Linz family documents

Including photos of family house, photos of Hans and Pilar in Cologne from 1920s, Hans Linz death certificate, and materials related to members of Hans Linz family.


Linz's Childhood and Adolescence

Material related to infancy and adolescence.


Box 1 Folder 2 Juan's birth certificate and other documents from adolescence


Box 1 Folder 2 School gradebook


Box 1 Folder 2 Letters from Juan's military permits and documents University documents


Box 1 Folder 2 Photos, 1920s-1940s


Box 1 Folder 2 Juan Linz childhood drawings, paintings, and architecture plans, 1930s